The International Growth Center (IGC) Sierra Leone has been heavily involved in working with the Directorate of Policy, Planning and Information (DPPI) at the Ministry of Health and Sanitation in providing technical input into the design of the insurance programme as...
Strategy for free healthcare services for pregnant and lactating women and young children in Sierra Leone
This strategy describes the implementation process of the free healthcare initiative as announced by the Sierra Leone President at the 2009 United Nations General assembly. The full document can be accessed using the link below
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Report Launch & Panel Discussion: Accessing Health Benefits under the ESI Scheme: A Demand side perspective
Join us for the launch of the ILO Report, ‘Accessing Health Benefits Under the ESI Scheme: A Demand-side Perspective’, and a panel discussion on the views of the direct stakeholders of the ESI Scheme, on the incentives and obstacles that presently...
Somalia economic update: Investing in health to anchor growth
The sixth edition of the World Bank Somalia economic update series made several policy recommendations that would set the country up for economic recovery. These include; Investing in health and social safety nets would help improve health outcomes and human capital...
P4H Webinar on CIS #1 – Presentation panelist Kyrgyzstan Russian (March 16, 2022)
P4H Webinar on CIS #1 – Presentation panelist Kazakhstan Russian (March 16, 2022)
P4H Webinar on CIS #1 – Presentation panelist Azerbaijan Russian (March 16, 2022)
P4H Webinar on CIS #1 – Presentation panelist Azerbaijan English (16 March, 2022)
The Implications of health financing for health access and equity in Nigeria
Health financing is an important function of the health system and plays a key role in enabling progress towards Universal Health Coverage by improving effective service coverage and ensuring adequate financial protection from impoverishment arising from health...
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Evaluating Health Insurance Programmes: An Insurance Cascade Framework
Catastrophic health spending in India has remained high over the past 15 years despite the introduction of large and comprehensive social health insurance schemes (Pandey et al 2018, 2018b). Understanding why these schemes have not improved financial risk protection...
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Uzbekistan adopted a roadmap of projects with UNICEF worth 102.5 mln USD
Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan, together with UNICEF, agreed to implement a set of projects worth $102.5 million. The Minister of Health of Uzbekistan B. Musaev and the head of the UNICEF country office M. Mammadzade signed the Road Map of activities between MoH and...
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Korea enhanced the COVID-19 response and childbirth care
Summary The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters (CDSCH) in South Korea held a video conference, attended by the central ministries and 17 major local governments, to discuss the weekly risk evaluation and related response measures, fees paid...
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New document available on Ghana country page
An article discussing the importance of political will in the implementation of a national health insurance has been uploaded to the Ghana country page. The full article can be accessed using the link below.
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Vietnam Social Security: Ready for the pilot implementation of chip-based ID cards in medical treatment with health insurance
https://vss.gov.vn/english/news/Pages/vietnam-social-security.aspx?ItemID=10300&CateID=198
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Viet Nam: Covid patients struggle to get documents to make social insurance claim
In Vietnam social security claims for COVID 19 treatment require sick leave certificates that are delayed due to multiple and cumbersome procedures. The Law on Social Insurance provides that an employee who falls ill and must temporarily leave work is entitled to a...